Grief in a old people´s home versus family
Encarnación Mª. Martínez Sola, José Siles González

SUMMARY

   The rise of the life expectancy, accompanied by a crisis in the informal care has caused that increase the residential income number. This situation takes with him that the living person the mourning, in a different way paying attention to the stage where it takes place whether the family or the institution. The primary goal of this investigation is to describe gaps between the mourning paying attention to the place where it takes place. Specifically a nursing home versus family. Concluding we must emphasize that are clear differences between living the mourning in a closed institution and the familiar breast.

KEY WORDS

   Mourning, death, old people´s homes.

Vol. 21 nº2-2010